Adult Silent Speakers: A Cree Perspective
This podcast will shed some light on the questions: 1. Who are adult silent speakers? and 2. What has their language journey been? Join us for engaging, informational talks and interviews with your host, Charlotte Ross, as she explores the phenomena of adult silent speakers and its impact on Indigenous language revitalization as part of her doctoral journey in Indigenous Language Revitalization at the University of Victoria.
Tune in to learn about the research that has been carried out with silent speakers. Learn from a BC First Nation cultural organization, First Peoples Cultural Council, that has developed a program to support silent speakers called “Reclaiming my Language” for BC First Nations. Listen to the experiences of adult Cree silent speakers as they reflect on their language journeys. How can we better support adult silent speakers to reclaim their spoken language is a running theme in this podcast.
Language(s): Cree
Adult Silent Speakers with Charlotte Ross
Episode 2
In this episode, we hear from a guest who shares their professional experience in supporting adult silent speakers from an organizational perspective and the best practices learned from within community programming to best support silent speakers. Dr. Suzanne Gessner’s research interests are focused on community-based Indigenous language revitalization in several areas: language policy and language rights; program evaluation and fluency assessment; and latent speakers (receptive bilingualism). We are honoured to have Suzanne with us to share her experience with silent speakers in BC First Nations with a program developed called ‘Reclaiming My Language’ - https://fpcc.ca/program/reclaiming-my-language/